Denali 2022: The Arctic Goons – Ramen, Doritos, and Oreos

 

Hello everybody Mike here again with team Arctic Goons. I’m sitting next to Chris and Nate we’re just getting into our tent after a long day of carrying. Everybody did really well on our carry today. We went from 7600 feet to about 9800 feet and we put our cache in. Really nice weather today it was a bit windy but we had great views and everybody moved really well spirit seems to be high. Everybody’s taking lots of pictures of the beautiful views and are just seeming to do really well. We came back down from our cache and we made dinner. It was an appetizer of Ramen and a main course of Doritos with a dessert of Oreo’s covered and peanut butter folks are feeling really happy spirits are high. Everybody sending their love back home and everybody’s missing their their friends and families but are also having a lot of fun!

 

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